title: [Significance of C-reactive protein in asthma].
abstract: C-reactive protein (CPR) has been showed to be a specific and sensitive marker in diagnosing and monitoring of many inflammatory diseases. High-sensitive CRP is also a useful diagnostic tool to asses subclinical systemic inflammation in circulatory system diseases and diabetes. There is increasing evidence confirming the presence of systemic inflammation in asthma and the possibility of using hs-CRP in diagnosis and treatment monitoring of this disease.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Alergologii i Chorób Wewnetrznych, Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Białymstoku. tkociniak@gmail.com
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kociniak
authors.forename: Roman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Skiepko
authors.forename: Ziemowit
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zietkowski
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bodzenta-Łukaszyk
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism*; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000378:metabolism; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000378:metabolism*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism*; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D002097:C-Reactive Protein